Weathering means for house car end doors



Dec. 29, 1931.

- w. A. BEAUCHAMP ET A1.

WEATHERING MEANS FOR HOUSE CAR END DOORS *y F'Z'Lled` May 25, 1929 IHEJ! KENNETH J 755m/ Patented 29, 19F3v1 o AUNITED vsrixrr-:s

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WILFBED A. BEAUCHAM AND KENNETH J. TO'BIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO CAMEL COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOISQA CORPORATION' 0F ILLINOIS WEATHEBING- MEANS FORV` HOUSE CAR END DOORS 'Application led' Iaj 25,

This invention relates to improvements in weathering means for house car end doors. In the `customary construction of house cars a substantially wide door opening is proof the door and the frame. This space permits the entrance of rain and cinders into the o interior of the car unless weathering devices are used. y

It has been proposed to use a deiiecting strip secured to the end plate to baille the elements. It is obvious that the deflecting strip cannot extend below the upper edge of the doors and therefore the wind may swirl the rain beneath the deiiecting strip. Additional complications arise in providing weather means due to the presence of the upper lock o casting whichv engages with the locking barfor the door which requires that the weathering strips be so designed that they will not interfere with the operation of the locking means.

5 Further, it is customary to form the upper corners of the doorsat the hinged sides with a curvature from the upper edges to the side edges. The weathering means must therefore be so designed that it will extend around V0 the curved corners downy to the points at which the vertical sides of the doors begin.

It has been proposed to use a door sheet on the outside of the doors which extends above the upper ends of the doors and contacts with the end plate, but this arrangement is not desirable since any moisture that gets on the inside of the door sheet is liable to set up corrosion.

It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide improved .weathering vided at the ends. The corner posts are sev 19293 serial No. 365,810.

means for house car end vdoors which may be readily formed and secured to present designs of doors without the necessity of being co ed to allow for the lock casting.

t is further an object of the present invention to form the weathering means for each door from a continuous fabricated strip that may be secured to the upper edge of the door and extend around the curved corner.

It is further an object of the present invention to form the weathering strips that moisture which does pass behind the weathering strip will/not be collected in the'spaceat the upper edge of the door but will be allowed to pass outside of thefdoor before any corrosion is set up.

A particular feature of the present' invention consists in the formation of a weathering strip including an upwardly extending flange which is Yadapted to contact with the end plate and a downwardly extending flange that is arranged tobe secured to the door and in which the downwardly extending flange is formed with a plurality of depressions forming passages communicating from behind the weathering strips to the outside of the doors. l

Further objects andk advantages of the present improvements will be more readily apparent from the following description taken in connection with the .attached drawings in whichf Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevational view of a house car end provided with doors having the present improvements applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the plane indicated by 2-2 in Fi re 1.

v Figure 3 is a similar view ta en on a plane l indicated by 3-3 in Figure 1. ligure 4 is an additional sectional view taken on the plane indicated by 4--4 in Figure 1. Y. Y v

Figure 5 is a detail sectionthrough a portion of the weather. strip in the plane indicated by 5-5 in Figure 1. Figurev 6 isa fragmentary elevation illustratng a modied construction.

Figure 7 is a sectional elevation on the plane p `indicated by 7-7 in Figure- 6.

In the drawings there Iis shown the customary construction of a house car end including corner posts lO-l() secured at their upper ends to the end plate 11 which 1s provided with a central lock casing 12. Upper hinges 13-13 are shown secured to the corner posts and to the door members 14-14. The pair of door members 14-14 cooperate to close the end opening of the house car and may be locked in place by a customary locking bar 15. According tothe customary construction, the door casing may be formed by a Z-bar 16, which is shown in the sectional views in Figures 2, 3 and 4, as having its upwardly extending llange 17 secured to the lower edge of the inner side of the end plate 11 by the rivets 18. It should be noted that the doors are formed with curved upper corners 19-19. The top frame of each of the doors 14-14 comprises a channel member 20, the upper surface of which is slightl downwardly and outwardly inclined, as s own 1n the sectional v iews in Figures 2, 3 and 4. The rear depending flange of the door frame 20 is arranged to contact with the depending flange 21 of the Z-bar 1 6.

As previously stated, it is not desirable to provide a tight fit between the doors 14-14 and the door receiving casing. Therefore `1n Figures 2, 3 and 4 there is shown a spacer22 between theV Z-bar 16 and the door frame 20. This space 22, if not closed by some form of sealing means, will permit the rain to be driven in and pass behind the door to the interior of the car and thus cause damage to the contents. Therefore, in the resent improvements a. weather strip 23 1s provided which is secured to the door and arranged to overlap the end plate 11 when the doors are in closed position. l

In the sectional Figures 2, 3 and 4 the lower depending flange 24 of the weather strip is shown as fastened to the upper edge of the door by the rivets 25. The upwardly extending llange 26 of the weather strip is slightly inwardly swedged, as shown in Figure 3, and, when the doors are in closed position, the flange 26 will be pressed into contact with the end plate 11. It is obvious that such an arrangement will prevent any material portion of the rain or cinders from being driven within the space 22 but ifsuch leakage does occur, it is not desirable that the moisture collect in the space 22. If the moisture should. collect within the space 22, corrosion is liable to be set up between the weather strip and the door frame.

An important feature of the present invention therefore resides in the lformation of the depending flange 24 of the weather strip with a plurality of transversely extending depressions 27. The depressions27 are formed in such a manner that they provide passageways from the chamber 22 downwardly to the outside of the doors, as will be evident in Figures 2 and 3. The depressions or indentations 27 are so formed that they stop just above the upper edge of the door frame 20so that a continuous surface contact 1s mamtained between the upwardly extending lange 26 and the end plate, therefore light is not reflected inwardly of the car.

From Figures 3 and 4 it will be noted that the flange 26 may extend ust beneath the lock casing 12 without necessitating any change in its contour. It is desirable that a plurality of the indentations 27 be provided, and, in Figure 1, we show a ysuitable arrangement. It should further be noted in Figure 1 that the weather strip 23 which is secured to one door is formed in two pieces, one portion being that alone' a substantially horizontal portion of the oor and the other comprising the curved corner. It will, however, be evident that, if desirable, the parts may be formed in one integral strip without departing from the principles of the invention.

As illustrative of a modified form of weather strip in which discharge is permitted from the space 22 between the door 14 and the door casing formed by the yZ-bar` 16, we show, in Figures 6 and 7, a construction in which there is provided a weather strip '30. The lower flange 31 of the weather strip 30 is secured to the door 14 by the rivets 32. In this form, instead of providing depressions or indentations in the lower flange of the weather strip, spacing members 33 are inserted and are secured by each pair of rivets 32. Intermediate the spacing members 33 will be formed passages or spaces 34 between the weather strip 30 and the door frame 20 which will permit the discharge of moisture collected in the space 22. The upper flange of the weather strip 30 is inwardly swedged, as at 35, and includes an upper llange 36 which will closely contact the lower edge of the end plate 11 when the door is in closed position. This flange 36 will be in continuous contact with the end plate, while portions of the lower flange 31 will be separated from the door at the spaces 34. It will be apparent that such a structure is relatively easier to manufacture than the formation disclosed in Figures 1 to 4, inclusive.

Various changes and modifications may be made in the particular embodiment of the present improvements without departing from the spirit of the. invention as expressed in the appended claims.

We claim:

l. In house car end construction, a door :asing comprising an end plate and corner posts, doors hinged to said, corner posts, weather strips secured to the upper edges of said doors, said strips being arranged to overlap and contact ywith said end plate when said doors are in closed position and means permitting passage of moist-ure collected behind said weather strips outside of said door.

2. In house car end construction, a door overlap and contact with the lower e ge ofv said end plate when said doors are in closed position, said weather strips and said door being formed to provide a lplurality of open passageways between the back side of said weather strip and' the outer side of said door.' 3.` In house car end construction, a door casing including corner posts and an end plate, doors hinged to said corner posts weather strips secured to the upper edges oi said doors, said weather strip comprising an upwardly extending Hange arranged to overlap and continuously contact the lower edge of said end plate when said doors are in closed position and a downwardly depending-Hange adapted to be secured to said doors, said downwardly depending Hange including a plurality of indentations formed to provide substantially vertical passageways between the upward end of said doors' behind said weather strip and the outer side thereof.

4. In a device of the class'described, a door casing, a door hinged to said door casing, a weather strip secured to the upper edge of said door, said weather strip having an upwardly extending Harige arranged to overlap and continuously contact with said door casing when said door is in closed position, said door and said weather strip forming downwardly extending passageways arranged to permit the discharge of matter collected behind said weather strips.

5. In house car end construction comprising a door casing including corner posts, an end plate secured to the upper end of said corner posts, a door hinged to one side of said door casing, said vdoor casing and said door cooperating to form a curved corner between the hinged side and theupper edge of Vsaid door, a weather strip secured to the upper edge of said door extending around said curved corner to a point at which the vertical side begins, said weather strip including an outwardly direct/ed Hange arranged to overlap and contact with said door casing when said door is in closed position and said weather strip being provided with a plurality of depressions starting at points beneath said contacting Hange and extending to the lower edge of said weather strip.

6. In house car end construction, a door casing, a door hinged to one side of said door casing, weathering means at the top of said door, said means comprising a weather strip secured to the upper edge of said door, said strip having alternating portions which are spaced from said door, said spaced portions forming passages extending downwardly from the outer edge of said door to the lower edge of said weather strip, said strip having an upwardly extending Hange arranged to overlap and continuously contact with said door casing when said door is in closed position.

7. In house car end construction, a door casing including an end plate, corner posts secured -to said end plate and a Z-bar member secured to the inner side of said end plate to form a door-receiving opening, a

door hinged to one of said corner posts, a

weather strip comprising continuous upper and lower flanges, each of said Hanges extendin in one plane, means for securing the lower ange of said strip tosaid door, spacing members inserted between the vlower flange of said weather strip and said door said spacing members being relatively spaced to form passage therebetween leading downwardly from the outer edge of said door to the lower edge of said weather strip, the upf 'per Hange of said weather strip being arranged to overlap and continuously Contact with the lower edge of said end plate when said door is in closed position.

8.' Ina door construction, a door casing, a door arranged to Ht into said door casing, weathering means carried by the door arranged to overlap the door casing at the upper edge of the door and means permitting escape of Huid collected behind lsaid weathering means outside of said door.

9. In a door construction, a door casing including an inwardly extending Hange 1n a plane rearwardly spaced rom the front plane of said door casing, a door arranged to Ht into said door casing and seat against said Hangs when in closed position, weathering means carried by the door arranged to overlap the front plane of the door casing at the upper edge of the door and means permitting escape of Huid collected behind said weathering means outside of said door without passing inside of said door past said Harige.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 21st day of May, 1929.

WILFRED A. BEAUCHAMP. KENNETH J. TOBIN.

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